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Stockholm Hours after becoming Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson has stepped down, after losing the Green party’s support in her coalition. The Social Democrat said on Wednesday that she had asked parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlen to dismiss her, but that she was aiming to take the post again.Norlen approved the request and said that he would now contact the party leaders to discuss the situation and would inform about the further procedure on Thursday afternoon.The Greens decided to leave the coalition after the parliament on Wednesday adopted an alternative budget proposal by the opposition. This was the first time that the parliament approved a budget negotiated “with an extreme far-right party,” Per Bolund, one of the two party leaders, told a news conference, referring to the populist Sweden Democrats.According to his co-chair, Marta Stenevi, the party is united that it cannot sit in a government that is forced to follow policies negotiated with the Sweden Democrats. “We have to be able to face our voters,” she said. (dpa)
